AT,
Concur!
I unfortunately am in the business, primarily with RNP and GBAS procedure design, so I have to know the inner working, because the design criteria, is well...unusable.
As I have tried to show in the posts, the different flight management systems, use data differently. This hasnt helped in moving this forward, as everyone wants their system to be the standard.
In reality, the FMC is an 8 bit system, and due to the liability and certification issues, it is very difficult to change, thus we are locked into 8 bit protocols, and still doing crazy things like following a magnetic compass direction.
All of the capabilities you are talking about, are already there, trust me.
Last edited by FlightPathOBN; 11th Jun 2012 at 23:18.